Custom homepage template

Is there a way to have a simple homepage template (e.g. home.tpl), without needing the nodebb-plugin-custom-homepage plugin? I see references to it in some older posts but not sue what the current state is.

@its-brad You can install nodebb-plugin-custom-pages and config it like this:

Then go to ACP -> Extend -> Widgets and look for home.tpl to customize it your way with all the widgets you want.
Then go to ACP -> General -> Homepage and choose this new page to be your homepage (in this example the custom path will be /home).
And it's done.

I think this is the only way to do what you want. This is a great plugin too if you want to extend your forum pages and it is not heavy at all.

@its-brad You can install nodebb-plugin-custom-pages and config it like this:

Then go to ACP -> Extend -> Widgets and look for home.tpl to customize it your way with all the widgets you want.
Then go to ACP -> General -> Homepage and choose this new page to be your homepage (in this example the custom path will be /home).
And it's done.

I think this is the only way to do what you want. This is a great plugin too if you want to extend your forum pages and it is not heavy at all.

The above code looks incorrect due to a bug in templates.js
Take a look here
https://github.com/NodeBB/nodebb-theme-lavender/blob/master/templates/header.tpl#L20-L27
You header.tpl should have that block in the <head> tag.
What problem are you having exactly?